Job 38:15

15 And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.

Job 38:15 Meaning and Commentary

Job 38:15

And from the wicked their light is withholden
Whose light is darkness, and whose day is the night, of which they are deprived when the morning light breaks forth; see ( Job 24:17 ) ; it may be figuratively understood of the light of prosperity being removed from them, or the light of life, when they shall be sent into utter darkness;

and the high arm shall be broken;
their power weakened and made useless; even the power of such wicked men who have had a large share of it, and have used it in a tyrannical manner; and especially this will be their case at death; see ( Isaiah 14:10 Isaiah 14:12 ) .

Job 38:15 In-Context

13 So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?

14 It is changed like wet earth under a stamp, and is coloured like a robe;

15 And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.

16 Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?

17 Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?